Transitioning from Developer to Project Manager
Transitioning from Developer to Project Manager
Just let another manager bite you. Incubation period usually lasts one month.
Congratulations! You are now a meeting spreader and a spreadsheet warrior!
As an engineering manager, I must protest.
My job (when not still doing technical work) is just to handle stupid paperwork, make sure my reports are happy with what they're working on... and make sure senior corporate asshats leave them the fuck alone.
I exist to make sure my reports never get surprised and make sure that the awesome shit they do is properly acknowledged.
If you have been gaining experience in the IT industry as a developer and have good hands-on experience on various issues that appear in any kind of application then you should consider moving higher in the corporate hierarchy.
Or, you know, keep doing what your enjoy and stay a developer.
and avoid crashing into the peter's principle :)
Project managers aren’t real managers.